u should really see city of god...

heres a couple summaries i pulled off the internet real quick

Plot Outline: Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer

a young photographer who chronicles the deterioration of the housing project in which he grew up from a shantytown into a war zone. The movie, which begins in the 1960's and ends in the early 80's, parallels Rocket's story with the rise of his childhood playmate Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino da Hora) from a petty thief into a ruthless, drug dealer and neighborhood kingpin commanding a small army of gun-toting children.